noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 01 2006 | health, cancer, news
A new way to attack cancer using the immune system! Immune cells that are genetically modified by the presence of a virus allows them to attack and kill cancer cells. This is only a clinical trial, and so far only proved to work against melanoma, but what an amazing development. Awesome!
Quoted: Instead of using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, researchers from the National Institutes of Health are finding so-far limited but inspiring success in a new approach for fighting cancer, using the immune system to attack the tumors the way it would a cold or flu.
- noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 19 2007 | cancer, health, breast cancer
I herad about this on the news...
Quoted: Among women 40 and older, denser breasts may mean greater breast cancer risk, a new study shows.
ShareViewed: 7 Times - noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 18 2007 | cancer, health
Heard about this article from one of my profs today, the article talks about a link between periodontitis and pancreatic cancer (one of the more fatal cancers) just one more reason to keep and eye on your oral care.
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One possible explanation for the results is that inflammation from periodontal disease may promote cancer of the pancreas. “Individuals with periodontal disease have elevated serum biomarkers of systemic inflammation, such as C-reactive protein, and these may somehow contribute to the promotion of cancer cells,” she said.Quoted: Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer, press release of Tuesday, January 16, 2007, Harvard School of Public Health
ShareViewed: 2 Times - noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 28 2006 | health, cancer, weightlifting, news
I think it's more the mental satisfaction than the physical gratification that makes the difference in these women. Exercise helps them coop with lost self-esteem.
Quote: However, the women in the exercise group said they felt they had more strength, speed and self-confidence as a result of the workouts. It appears the weightlifting helped them regain a feeling of control of their bodies, researchers said.
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